Project Grant 20253380045226
- The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded Gods Pantry Food Bank Inc., doing business as Americas Second Harvest, a $585,000 Project Grant under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program. The two-year grant will support the construction and improvement of rural health care facilities. Specifically, the funding will enable facility enlargements and equipment upgrades at the awardee's food bank and distribution center in Lexington, KY. The Community Facilities...
- This $800,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects (CFDA 10.225) program. The grant funds a 12-month Nourish Job Readiness and Entrepreneurial Accelerator program that provides culinary training, job readiness, and entrepreneurial education to students experiencing homelessness, poverty, and hunger. The program includes 280 hours of hands-on culinary training, ServSafe certification, and...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $482,268 Community Food Projects grant to the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet) to implement the "Building Rural Hunger Free Communities with Accessible Market Models" project. This 2-year grant, starting on September 15, 2024, aims to expand community access to local, healthy foods in five Appalachian Ohio counties by strengthening food production, aggregation,...
- This $561,084 three-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP) will support Linwood Property Inc.'s efforts to improve food access and health outcomes in underserved Kansas City neighborhoods. Specifically, the awardee will expand successful community education programs on nutrition, food purchasing, and urban agriculture; develop a new commercial kitchen into an incubator...
- This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Community Food Projects (CFDA 10.225) program provides $235,000 to Community Farmers Markets Inc. in Atlanta, GA. The project aims to address food insecurity and strengthen the local food system by expanding a model of pop-up markets that bring locally grown produce into underserved neighborhoods. The project will also provide training, mentorship, and...
- This $2,260,448 Project Grant was awarded on September 15, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (CFDA 10.331). The funding will allow the non-profit Community Farm Alliance (CFA) to expand the geographic and programmatic scope of the Kentucky Double Dollars (KDD) nutrition incentive program over a three-year period. Specifically, the grant will enable CFA to increase the number of retail...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $746,560 Project Grant to Appalachian Sustainable Development, a non-profit organization, under the Community Food Projects (CFDA 10.225) federal grant program. The core goal of this 3-year grant project is to address food insecurity and lack of access to healthy, nutritious food among vulnerable populations in Southwest Virginia. To accomplish this, Appalachian Sustainable Development will use a mobile food...
- The Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program (MCHPP) in Brunswick, Maine received a $696,848 Community Food Projects Competitive Grant (CFDA 10.225) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant funds the MCHPP Community Kitchen project, which aims to address food insecurity, support the regional food economy, and serve as a model for other organizations. The project will make a commercial kitchen facility available for community use at no or low...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $772,000 four-year Project Grant under the Community Food Projects (CFDA 10.225) program to Project New Village, a Black-led, community-rooted non-profit in San Diego, California. The project aims to address food and nutrition insecurity in underserved communities by: 1) collaborating with a local high school culinary arts program to develop young people's capacity to prepare value-added and...
- The Kentucky Department of Agriculture received a $499,809 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (CFDA 10.575 Farm to School Grant Program) to implement a farm to school program that improves access to local foods in USDA child nutrition programs. The grant funding will support a range of activities to enhance food security, facilitate distribution of USDA foods, and provide greater access to local produce. Key initiatives may include the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $752,000 Community Food Projects (CFDA 10.225) grant to God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc. (doing business as America's Second Harvest) to renovate a new distribution center in Lexington, Kentucky. The key addition to this facility is a production kitchen where ingredients from across the Commonwealth can be transformed into nourishing meals by local workforce trainees and culinary professionals. This project will provide: 1) increased nutrient-dense food offerings and prepared meals for neighbors throughout the region; 2) expanded ability to purchase, process, and preserve local, Kentucky-grown products; 3) potential for workforce development and culinary training programs; and 4) reduced waste through the conversion of fresh food with limited shelf lives into frozen meal options. The grant period extends from September 15, 2025, to September 14, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $376.0k | 9/9/25 |